Paraty Bay

... stunning secluded beaches, with a backdrop of steep, jungled mountains plunging into an island studded bay. According to the reviews, Paraty is Brazil's most appealing and exquisitely preserved historical gems. The colonial centre is remarkable not only ...

... away from the frenzy of Rio. Paraty was founded in 1500 ish and sits on a shoreline of peninsulas on the Costa Verde - Brazil's most beautiful coastline. It's hemmed in by jungled mountains which seem to fall straight into the sea and its bay has 100s ...

... our books.. very nice!! After Ilha Grande we headed a bit further south on the mainland to the coastal colonial town of Paraty. It's a very pretty town with lots of white colonial buildings, nice churches, cobbled streets and great view across the bay of ...

... and took a job in the contry, perhaps becaus he had to hid from the goverment in a contry were there durisciction woulent reach him then paraty is were he would setal, i thought of this as i looked at my hostel host. He had fishers face but run to aging ...

... rush down the cobble stone street with a cart and some umbrellas for us.  His face fell when he saw our luggage! Paraty is a gorgeous colonial city, which was at its height during the gold rush in the 16th Century, neglected then buzzing again in ...

... another bus to a place called Angra, and then from there we caught a boat over to Ilha Grande.....a big island. It is Brazil's third largest islands, apparently, and is quite an exclusive place. So, whilst we waited for the boat over to the island we ...

After a 5hr drive from Rio, my tour group and I reached the coastal town of Paraty. The first of our camping sessions...I was well impressed with the speed I could put up a tent...barely minutes people!! Less impressed with the self inflating matt - ...

A couple of hours south of Angra dos Reis (where you get the boat to Ihla Grande) is Paraty, a perfectly preserved colonial coastal town with what can only be described as cobblerock streets. It's a great spot for kayaking as there are over 100 tiny ...

After 30 Hours of travelling we finally arrived in Paraty. Unfortunatly it was raining and didnt stop for 2 days.It didnt bother us too much the first day as we were wrecked when we arrived at our pousada. So a bit of grub, a few beers and then bed. ...

... that uncomen in paraty but for now i was satified watching that little storm (and it was little probebly localised to just paraty, fluds to) i could see it huf and puf itself across the oshian, spiting sparks of lighting and letting out beltching ...